THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL CRIMINAL PETITION No.2271 OF 2021

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) to quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioners/accused Nos.1 & 2 in C.C.No.433 of 2020, on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate at Kamareddy, registered for the offences punishable under Section 420 of IPC and Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for respondent-State.

3. The brief facts of the case are that on 10.06.2019, the 2^nd respondent lodged a complaint against the petitioners herein and apprehended the lorry bearing No.KA-33A-9766 for illegal transportation of PDS rice. The petitioners herein are arrayed as A-1 and A-2. The Police after investigation, filed charge sheet in the Court of Judicial First Class Magistrate at Kamareddy and the learned Magistrate took cognizance of the offences and the same is numbered as C.C.No.433 of 2020.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners relying on the orders passed by this Court in Crl.P.No.1794 of 2020 dated 27.09.2024 submits